M. R. Hooshmandasl

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1.7AIMay 27, 2018
A note on belief structures and S-approximation spaces

Ali Shakiba, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, MohammadReza Hooshmandasl et al.

We study relations between evidence theory and S-approximation spaces. Both theories have their roots in the analysis of Dempster's multivalued mappings and lower and upper probabilities and have close relations to rough sets. We show that an S-approximation space, satisfying a monotonicity condition, can induce a natural belief structure which is a fundamental block in evidence theory. We also demonstrate that one can induce a natural belief structure on one set, given a belief structure on another set if those sets are related by a partial monotone S-approximation space.